Method for selecting image based on burst shooting and electronic device

ABSTRACT

A method for selecting an image based on burst shooting is provided, which relates to the field of terminal technologies. The method includes: an electronic device displays a preview interface; detects a first operation used to start burst shooting; obtains N images; then performs scene recognition based on K images that meet an image quality screening condition, to determine a shooting scene; and finally determines M images based on the shooting scene, where N is greater than or equal to K, N is greater than or equal to M, N and K are positive integers greater than 1, and M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1. This technical solution helps improve quality of an image obtained by the electronic device through screening, thereby improving user satisfaction with an image that is automatically obtained through screening during burst shooting by the electronic device.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a national stage application of InternationalApplication No. PCT/CN2019/074266 filed on Jan. 31, 2019, which isincorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

TECHNICAL FIELD

This application relates to the field of terminal technologies, and inparticular, to a method for selecting an image based on burst shootingand an electronic device.

BACKGROUND

Currently, a smartphone supports a burst shooting function, and canperform burst shooting in response to a user operation. The useroperation may be an operation of touching and holding a shooting button,an operation of pressing and holding a volume down button, or the like.

Specifically, the smartphone performs burst shooting at a specific rate,for example, 10 frames per second. Generally, the smartphone stores allimages that are automatically obtained at a specific rate withinshooting duration. The shooting duration is duration in which a usertouches and holds a shooting button or presses and holds a volume downbutton. However, because shooting statuses (for example, imagedefinitions, expressions of photographed objects, and actions) of allimages are different, the user needs to manually perform screening onstored images obtained through burst shooting. Consequently, userexperience is relatively poor.

SUMMARY

An objective of this application is to provide a method for selecting animage based on burst shooting and an electronic device, to help improveimage quality during burst shooting by the electronic device.

The foregoing objective and another objective may be achieved by usingfeatures in the independent claims. Further implementations arereflected in the dependent claims, this specification, and theaccompanying drawings.

According to a first aspect, a method for selecting an image based onburst shooting is provided. The method is applied to an electronicdevice. The electronic device includes a camera and a display. Themethod includes:

The electronic device displays a preview interface on the display, wherethe preview interface is used to display an image captured by thecamera; detects a first operation used to start burst shooting; inresponse to the first operation, obtains N images captured by thecamera; then performs scene recognition based on K images that meet animage quality screening condition in the N images, to determine ashooting scene; and finally determines M images from the N images basedon the shooting scene, where N is greater than or equal to K, N isgreater than or equal to M, N and K are positive integers greater than1, and M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1.

In this embodiment of this application, the electronic device canperform, based on a shooting scene, screening on images obtained throughburst shooting. Therefore, compared with the conventional technology inwhich an image is selected based only on a parameter used to evaluateimage quality such as a definition or a contrast, this helps improvequality of an image obtained by the electronic device through screening,thereby improving user satisfaction with an image that is automaticallyobtained through screening during burst shooting by the electronicdevice.

In a possible design, the electronic device may determine the M imagesfrom the N images based on the shooting scene in the following manner:

The electronic device determines an image content screening conditionbased on the shooting scene, and determines the M images that meet theimage content screening condition from the N images. This helps simplifyan implementation and improve image selection efficiency.

In a possible design, the electronic device may further determine the Mimages that meet the image content screening condition from the N imagesin the following manner:

The electronic device determines the M images that meet the imagecontent screening condition from Q images, where the Q images are allimages that meet the image quality screening condition in the N images,M≤Q≤N, and Q is a positive integer. This helps further improve qualityof the M images and improve image selection efficiency.

In a possible design, after determining the M images, the electronicdevice automatically stores the M images, and deletes an image in the Nimages other than the M images. This helps increase utilization ofstorage space of the electronic device.

In a possible design, after determining the M images, the electronicdevice displays the M images on the display; and in response to a secondoperation performed by a user on a first image in the M images, displaysthe first image on the display in full screen. This helps the user viewor preview the M images determined by the electronic device.

In a possible design, after displaying the first image on the display infull screen, in response to a third operation performed by the user onthe first image, the electronic device exits full-screen display of thefirst image, and displays the M images on the display. This facilitatesa user operation, and improves interaction between the user and theelectronic device.

In a possible design, after displaying the M images on the display, inresponse to an operation that the user selects at least one image fromthe M images, the electronic device may further store the at least oneimage. This facilitates a user operation.

In a possible design, the electronic device may perform scenerecognition in the following manner:

The electronic device performs scene recognition based on preset scenerecognition priority information and the K images that meet the imagequality screening condition in the N images, to determine the shootingscene. This helps simplify an implementation and improve scenerecognition efficiency.

In a possible design, the electronic device may further perform scenerecognition in the following manner:

Each time the electronic device obtains an image captured by the camera,the electronic device determines whether the image captured by thecamera meets the image quality screening condition; and if the imagemeets the image quality screening condition, the electronic devicecaches the image; or if the image does not meet the image qualityscreening condition, the electronic device deletes the image.

When the obtained i^(th) image captured by the camera meets the imagequality screening condition, the electronic device determines that thereare K cached images that meet the image quality screening condition, andperforms scene recognition based on the K cached images that meet theimage quality screening condition, to determine a shooting scene, wherei is a positive integer less than or equal to N. This helps furtherimprove scene recognition efficiency, thereby improving efficiency ofimage selection by the electronic device.

In a possible design, the preset scene recognition priority informationis used to indicate that a descending order of scene recognitionpriorities is: a jumping scene, a look-back scene, and another scene.This helps simplify an implementation.

In a possible design, the image quality screening condition includes oneor more of an image definition screening condition, an image contrastscreening condition, an image brightness screening condition, an imageexposure screening condition, an image saturation screening condition, acondition indicating whether there is a color block in an image, or acondition indicating whether there is a color cast in an image. Thishelps improve quality of an image selected by the electronic device.

In a possible design, in response to a fourth operation, the electronicdevice enables a function of performing intelligent image screeningbased on burst shooting. This facilitates interaction between the userand the electronic device.

According to a second aspect, an embodiment of this application providesanother method for selecting an image based on burst shooting. Themethod is applied to an electronic device. The electronic deviceincludes a camera and a display. The method includes:

The electronic device displays a preview interface on the display, wherethe preview interface is used to display an image captured by thecamera. When the electronic device detects a first operation used tostart burst shooting, in response to the first operation, the electronicdevice obtains N first-resolution images captured by the camera;separately performs down-sampling on the N first-resolution images toobtain N second-resolution images; then performs scene recognition basedon K second-resolution images that meet an image quality screeningcondition in the N second-resolution images, to determine a shootingscene; and finally determines M second-resolution images from the Nsecond-resolution images based on the shooting scene, where the Q imagesare all images that meet the image quality screening condition in the Nsecond-resolution images, N is greater than or equal to K, N is greaterthan or equal to M, N and K are positive integers greater than 1, and Mis a positive integer greater than or equal to 1.

In this embodiment of this application, the electronic device canperform, based on a shooting scene, screening on images obtained throughburst shooting. Therefore, compared with the prior art in which an imageis selected based only on a parameter used to evaluate image qualitysuch as a definition or a contrast, this helps improve quality of animage obtained by the electronic device through screening, therebyimproving user satisfaction with an image that is automatically obtainedthrough screening during burst shooting by the electronic device. Inaddition, in this embodiment of this application, before selecting animage, the electronic device performs down-sampling on the image. Thishelps improve efficiency of subsequent image processing and improveefficiency of image selection by the electronic device.

According to a third aspect, an embodiment of this application providesan electronic device. The electronic device includes a display, acamera, one or more processors, and a memory.

The memory stores one or more computer programs, the one or morecomputer programs include instructions, and when the instructions areexecuted by the electronic device, the electronic device is enabled toperform the following steps:

displaying a preview interface on the display, where the previewinterface is used to display an image captured by the camera;

detecting a first operation used to start burst shooting;

in response to the first operation, obtaining N images captured by thecamera;

performing scene recognition based on K images that meet an imagequality screening condition in the N images, to determine a shootingscene; and

determining M images from the N images based on the shooting scene,where N is greater than or equal to K, N is greater than or equal to M,N and K are positive integers greater than 1, and M is a positiveinteger greater than or equal to 1.

In a possible design, the M images may be determined from the N imagesbased on the shooting scene in the following manner:

determining an image content screening condition based on the shootingscene; and determining the M images that meet the image contentscreening condition from the N images.

In a possible design, the M images that meet the image content screeningcondition may be determined in the following manner:

determining the M images that meet the image content screening conditionfrom Q images, where the Q images are all images that meet the imagequality screening condition in the N images, M≤Q≤N, and Q is a positiveinteger.

In a possible design, when the instructions are executed by theelectronic device, after determining the M images, the electronic deviceis enabled to further perform the following steps:

automatically storing the M images, and deleting an image in the Nimages other than the M images.

In a possible design, when the instructions are executed by theelectronic device, after determining the M images, the electronic deviceis enabled to further perform the following steps:

displaying the M images on the display; and in response to a secondoperation performed by a user on a first image in the M images,displaying the first image on the display in full screen.

In a possible design, when the instructions are executed by theelectronic device, after displaying the first image on the display infull screen, the electronic device is enabled to further perform thefollowing steps:

in response to a third operation performed by the user on the firstimage, exiting full-screen display of the first image, and displayingthe M images on the display.

In a possible design, when the instructions are executed by theelectronic device, after displaying the first image on the display infull screen, the electronic device is enabled to further perform thefollowing step:

in response to an operation that the user selects at least one imagefrom the M images, storing the at least one image.

In a possible design, scene recognition may be performed in thefollowing manner:

performing scene recognition based on preset scene recognition priorityinformation and the K images that meet the image quality screeningcondition in the N images, to determine the shooting scene.

In a possible design, scene recognition may be performed in thefollowing manner:

each time the electronic device obtains an image captured by the camera,determining whether the image captured by the camera meets the imagequality screening condition; and if the image meets the image qualityscreening condition, caching the image; or if the image does not meetthe image quality screening condition, deleting the image; and

when the obtained i^(th) image captured by the camera meets the imagequality screening condition, determining that there are K cached imagesthat meet the image quality screening condition, and performing scenerecognition based on the K cached images that meet the image qualityscreening condition, to determine a shooting scene, where i is apositive integer less than or equal to N.

In a possible design, the preset scene recognition priority informationis used to indicate that a descending order of scene recognitionpriorities is: a jumping scene, a look-back scene, and another scene.

In a possible design, the image quality screening condition includes oneor more of an image definition screening condition, an image contrastscreening condition, an image brightness screening condition, an imageexposure screening condition, an image saturation screening condition, acondition indicating whether there is a color block in an image, or acondition indicating whether there is a color cast in an image.

In a possible design, when the instructions are executed by theelectronic device, the electronic device is enabled to further performthe following step: in response to a fourth operation, enabling afunction of performing intelligent image screening based on burstshooting.

According to a fourth aspect, an embodiment of this application providesanother electronic device, including a display, a camera, one or moreprocessors, and a memory.

The memory stores one or more computer programs, the one or morecomputer programs include instructions, and when the instructions areexecuted by the electronic device, the electronic device is enabled toperform the following steps:

displaying a preview interface on the display, where the previewinterface is used to display an image captured by the camera;

detecting a first operation used to start burst shooting;

in response to the first operation, obtaining N first-resolution imagescaptured by the camera;

separately performing down-sampling on the N first-resolution images toobtain N second-resolution images;

performing scene recognition based on K second-resolution images thatmeet an image quality screening condition in the N second-resolutionimages, to determine a shooting scene; and

determining M second-resolution images from the N second-resolutionimages based on the shooting scene, where the Q images are all imagesthat meet the image quality screening condition in the Nsecond-resolution images, N is greater than or equal to K, N is greaterthan or equal to M, N and K are positive integers greater than 1, and Mis a positive integer greater than or equal to 1.

According to a fifth aspect, an embodiment of this application providesan apparatus. The apparatus is included in an electronic device, and theapparatus has functions of implementing behavior of the electronicdevice in the method according to any one of the foregoing aspects ofthe method parts. The functions may be implemented by hardware, or maybe implemented by hardware executing corresponding software. Thehardware or the software includes one or more modules or unitscorresponding to the foregoing functions.

According to a sixth aspect, an embodiment of this application providesa chip. The chip is coupled to a memory in an electronic device, toperform the method according to any one of the foregoing aspects.

According to a seventh aspect, an embodiment of this applicationprovides a computer storage medium. The computer storage medium storesprogram instructions, and when the program instructions are run on anelectronic device, the electronic device is enabled to perform themethod according to any one of the foregoing aspects.

According to an eighth aspect, an embodiment of this applicationprovides a computer program product. When the computer program productis run on an electronic device, the electronic device is enabled toperform the method according to any one of the foregoing aspects.

In addition, for technical effects brought by the third aspect to theeighth aspect, refer to the related descriptions in the foregoing methodparts. Details are not described herein again.

It should be noted that “coupling” in embodiments of this applicationmeans a direct combination or an indirect combination between twocomponents.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic deviceaccording to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a user interface according to anembodiment of this application;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a user interface according to anotherembodiment of this application;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a method for selecting an image basedon burst shooting according to an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 5a is a schematic diagram of determining an image based on an imagequality screening condition according to an embodiment of thisapplication;

FIG. 5b is a schematic flowchart of a scene recognition method accordingto an embodiment of this application;

FIG. 5c is a schematic diagram of a method for determining M imagesbased on a shooting scene according to an embodiment of thisapplication;

FIG. 6a to FIG. 6c are a schematic diagram of a user interface accordingto another embodiment of this application;

FIG. 7 is a schematic flowchart of a method for selecting an image basedon burst shooting according to another embodiment of this application;

FIG. 8a and FIG. 8b are a schematic diagram of a user interfaceaccording to another embodiment of this application;

FIG. 9 is a schematic diagram of a user interface according to anotherembodiment of this application; and

FIG. 10 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronic deviceaccording to another embodiment of this application.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIVE EMBODIMENTS

In the embodiments of this application, “at least one” means one ormore, and “a plurality of” means two or more. The term “and/or”describes an association relationship between associated objects, andindicates that three relationships may exist. For example, A and/or Bmay represent the following three relationships: Only A exists, both Aand B exist, and only B exists, where A and B may be singular or plural.The character “/” generally represents an “or” relationship between theassociated objects, “at least one of the following” or a similarexpression thereof indicates any combination of the following, andincludes any combination of one or more of the following. For example,at least one of a, b, or c may indicate a, b, c, a and b, a and c, b andc, or a, b, and c, where a, b, and c may be singular or plural.

Reference to “an embodiment”, “some embodiments”, or the like describedin this specification indicates that one or more embodiments of thisapplication include a specific feature, structure, or characteristicdescribed with reference to the embodiments. Therefore, in thisspecification, statements, such as “in an embodiment”, “in someembodiments”, “in some other embodiments”, and “in other embodiments”,that appear at different places do not necessarily mean a sameembodiment, but mean “one or more but not all of the embodiments”,unless otherwise specifically emphasized. The terms “include”,“comprise”, “have”, and variants thereof all mean “include but are notlimited to”, unless otherwise specifically emphasized.

The following describes an electronic device, a graphical user interface(graphical user interface, GUI) used for such an electronic device, andembodiments for using such an electronic device. In some embodiments ofthis application, the electronic device may be a portable electronicdevice having a function such as a camera, for example, a mobile phone,a tablet computer, a wearable device having a wireless communicationfunction (for example, a smartwatch), or a vehicle-mounted device. Anexample embodiment of the portable electronic device includes but is notlimited to a portable electronic device using iOS®, Android®,Microsoft®, or another operating system. The portable electronic devicemay alternatively be a laptop (Laptop) or the like. It should be furtherunderstood that, in some other embodiments of this application, theelectronic device may alternatively be a desktop computer.

For example, FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an electronicdevice according to an embodiment of this application. Specifically, asshown in the figure, the electronic device 100 includes a processor 110,an internal memory 121, an external memory interface 122, an antenna 1,a mobile communications module 131, an antenna 2, a wirelesscommunications module 132, an audio module 140, a speaker 140A, areceiver 140B, a microphone 140C, a headset jack 140D, a display 151, asubscriber identity module (subscriber identification module, SIM) cardinterface 152, a camera 153, a button 154, a sensor module 160, auniversal serial bus (universal serial bus, USB) port 170, a chargingmanagement module 180, a power management module 181, and a battery 182.In some other embodiments, the electronic device may further include amotor, an indicator, and the like.

The processor 110 may include one or more processing units. For example,the processor 110 may include an application processor (applicationprocessor, AP), a modem processor, a graphics processing unit (graphicsprocessing unit, GPU), an image signal processor (image signalprocessor, ISP), a controller, a video codec, a digital signal processor(digital signal processor, DSP), a baseband processor, and/or a neuralprocessing unit (neural-network processing unit, NPU). Differentprocessing units may be independent components, or may be integratedinto one or more processors.

In some embodiments, a memory may be further disposed in the processorno, and is configured to store instructions and data. For example, thememory in the processor no may be a cache memory. The memory may beconfigured to store instructions or data that is just used or cyclicallyused by the processor no. If the processor no needs to use theinstructions or the data again, the processor no may directly invoke theinstructions or the data from the memory. This helps avoid repeatedaccess and reduce a waiting time of the processor no, thereby improvingsystem efficiency.

The internal memory 121 may be configured to store one or more computerprograms. The one or more computer programs include instructions. Theprocessor no may run the instructions stored in the internal memory 121,so that the electronic device 100 is enabled to perform methods forselecting an image based on burst shooting provided in some embodimentsof this application, other function applications, data processing, andthe like. The internal memory 121 may include a program storage area anda data storage area. The program storage area may store an operatingsystem. The program storage area may further store one or moreapplications (for example, Gallery and Contacts), and the like. The datastorage area may store data (for example, an image or a contact) or thelike created during use of the electronic device mo. In addition, theinternal memory 121 may include a high-speed random access memory, ormay include a nonvolatile memory, for example, at least one magneticdisk storage device, a flash memory, or a universal flash storage(universal flash storage, UFS). In some embodiments, the processor nomay run the instructions stored in the internal memory 121 and/orinstructions stored in a memory disposed in the processor no, so thatthe electronic device is enabled to perform the methods for selecting animage based on burst shooting provided in the embodiments of thisapplication, other function applications, data processing, and the like.

The external memory interface 122 may be configured to connect to anexternal memory card (such as a micro SD card), to extend a storagecapability of the electronic device. The external memory cardcommunicates with the processor no through the external memory interface122, to implement a data storage function. For example, files such asimages, music, and videos are stored in the external memory card.

The antenna 1 and the antenna 2 are configured to transmit and receiveelectromagnetic wave signals. Each antenna in the electronic device maybe configured to cover one or more communication bands. Differentantennas may be further multiplexed to increase antenna utilization. Forexample, the antenna 1 may be multiplexed as a diversity antenna in awireless local area network. In some other embodiments, an antenna maybe used in combination with a tuning switch.

The mobile communications module 131 may provide a solution, applied tothe electronic device, to wireless communication including 2G, 3G, 4G,5G, or the like. The mobile communications module 131 may include afilter, a switch, a power amplifier, a low noise amplifier (low noiseamplifier, LNA), and the like.

The wireless communications module 132 may provide a solution, appliedto the electronic device, to wireless communication including a WLAN(for example, a Wi-Fi network), Bluetooth (Bluetooth, BT), a globalnavigation satellite system (global navigation satellite system, GNSS),frequency modulation (frequency modulation, FM), near fieldcommunication (near field communication, NFC), an infrared (infrared,IR) technology, or the like. The wireless communications module 132 maybe one or more devices integrating at least one communicationsprocessing module.

In some embodiments, in the electronic device, the antenna 1 is coupledto the mobile communications module 131, and the antenna 2 is coupled tothe wireless communications module 132, so that the electronic devicecan communicate with a network and another device by using a wirelesscommunications technology. The wireless communications technology mayinclude a global system for mobile communications (global system formobile communications, GSM), a general packet radio service (generalpacket radio service, GPRS), code division multiple access (codedivision multiple access, CDMA), wideband code division multiple access(wideband code division multiple access, WCDMA), time-division codedivision multiple access (time-division code division multiple access,TD-SCDMA), long term evolution (long term evolution, LTE), BT, the GNSS,the WLAN, the NFC, the FM, the IR technology, and/or the like. The GNSSmay include a global positioning system (global positioning system,GPS), a global navigation satellite system (global navigation satellitesystem, GLONASS), a BeiDou navigation satellite system (beidounavigation satellite system, BDS), a quasi-zenith satellite system(quasi-zenith satellite system, QZSS), and/or a satellite basedaugmentation system (satellite based augmentation systems, SBAS).

The electronic device may implement an audio function such as musicplayback or recording through the audio module 140, the speaker 140A,the receiver 140B, the microphone 140C, the headset jack 140D, theapplication processor, and the like. The audio module 140 may beconfigured to convert digital audio information into an analog audiosignal for an output, and is also configured to convert an analog audioinput into a digital audio signal. The audio module 140 may be furtherconfigured to perform audio signal encoding and decoding. In someembodiments, the audio module 140 may be disposed in the processor no,or some function modules in the audio module 140 are disposed in theprocessor no. The speaker 140A, also referred to as a “horn”, isconfigured to convert an audio electrical signal into a sound signal.The electronic device may listen to music or answer a hands-free callthrough the speaker 140A. The receiver 140B, also referred to as an“earpiece”, is configured to convert an audio electrical signal into asound signal. When using the electronic device to answer a call, a usermay place the receiver 140B close to a human ear to answer a voicereceived by the electronic device through the mobile communicationsmodule 131 or the wireless communications module 132. The microphone140C, also referred to as a “mike” or a “microphone”, is configured toconvert a sound signal into an electrical signal. When making a call orsending a voice message by using the electronic device, the user maymake a sound near the microphone 140C through the mouth of the user, andthe microphone 140C may be configured to collect a voice of the user andthen convert the voice of the user into an electrical signal. At leastone microphone 140C may be disposed in the electronic device. In someother embodiments, two microphones 140C may be disposed in theelectronic device, to collect a sound signal and further implement anoise reduction function. In some other embodiments, three, four, ormore microphones 140C may be disposed in the electronic device, tocollect a sound signal, reduce noise, identify a sound source, implementa directional recording function, and the like. The headset jack 140D isconfigured to connect to a wired headset. The headset jack 140D may bethe USB port 130, or may be a 3.5 mm open mobile terminal platform (openmobile terminal platform, OMTP) standard interface, a cellulartelecommunications industry association of the USA (cellulartelecommunications industry association of the USA, CTIA) standardinterface, or the like.

The electronic device may implement a display function through the GPU,the display 151, the application processor, and the like. The GPU is amicroprocessor for image processing, and is connected to the display 151and the application processor. The GPU is configured to: performmathematical and geometric calculation, and perform graphics rendering.The processor no may include one or more GPUs that execute programinstructions to generate or change display information.

The display 151 may be configured to display an image, a video, and thelike. The display 151 may include a display panel. The display panel maybe a liquid crystal display (liquid crystal display, LCD), an organiclight-emitting diode (organic light-emitting diode, OLED), anactive-matrix organic light emitting diode (active-matrix organic lightemitting diode, AMOLED), a flexible light-emitting diode (flexlight-emitting diode, FLED), Miniled, MicroLed, Micro-oLed, a quantumdot light emitting diode (quantum dot light emitting diodes, QLED), orthe like. In some embodiments, the electronic device may include one orN displays 151, where N is a positive integer greater than 1.

The electronic device may implement a shooting function through the ISP,the camera 153, the video codec, the GPU, the display 151, theapplication processor, and the like. The ISP may be configured toprocess data fed back by the camera 153. For example, during shooting, ashutter is pressed, and an optical signal is collected by using thecamera 153. Then, the camera 153 converts the collected optical signalinto an electrical signal, and transmits the electrical signal to theISP for processing. The ISP converts the electrical signal into an imagethat is visible to the eye. The ISP may further perform algorithmoptimization on noise, luminance, and complexion of the image. The ISPmay further optimize parameters such as exposure and a color temperatureof a shooting scene. In some embodiments, the ISP may be disposed in thecamera 153. The camera 153 may be configured to capture a static imageor a video. Generally, the camera 153 includes a lens and an imagesensor. An optical image of an object is generated through the lens, andis projected onto the image sensor. The image sensor may be acharge-coupled device (charge coupled device, CCD) or a complementarymetal-oxide-semiconductor (complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor,CMOS) photoelectric transistor. The image sensor converts an opticalsignal into an electrical signal, and then transmits the electricalsignal to the ISP. The ISP converts the electrical signal into a digitalimage signal, and outputs the digital image signal to the DSP forprocessing. The DSP converts the digital image signal into a standardimage signal in an RGB format, a YUV format, or the like. In someembodiments, the electronic device may include one or N cameras 153,where N is a positive integer greater than 1. For example, theelectronic device may include two cameras 153, where one camera 153 is afront-facing camera, and the other camera 153 is a rear-facing camera.For another example, the electronic device may alternatively includethree cameras 153, where one camera 153 is a front-facing camera, andthe other two cameras 153 are rear-facing cameras; or one camera 153 isa rear-facing camera, and the other two cameras 153 are front-facingcameras. For another example, the electronic device includes fourcameras 153, where one camera 153 is a front-facing camera, and theother three cameras 153 are rear-facing cameras.

The button 154 may include a power button, a volume button, and thelike. The button 154 may be a mechanical button, or may be a touchbutton. The electronic device may receive a button input, and generate abutton signal input related to a user setting and function control ofthe electronic device. For example, the electronic device includes avolume up button and a volume down button. Both the volume up button andthe volume down button are mechanical buttons. The volume up button isused to control the electronic device to increase a volume, and thevolume down button is used to control the electronic device to decreasea volume. In addition, in some other embodiments, when the display 151displays a preview interface, the electronic device may perform burstshooting in response to an operation that the user presses and holds thevolume down button, to obtain a plurality of images captured by thecamera.

The sensor module 160 may include one or more sensors, for example, atouch sensor 160A, a fingerprint sensor 160B, or a pressure sensor 160C.In some embodiments, the sensor module 160 may further include agyroscope sensor, an environment sensor, a range sensor, an opticalproximity sensor, a bone conduction sensor, an acceleration sensor, andthe like.

The touch sensor 160A may also be referred to as a “touch panel”. Thetouch sensor 160A may be disposed in the display 151. The touch sensor160A and the display 151 constitute a touchscreen that is also referredto as a “touchscreen”. The touch sensor 160A is configured to detect atouch operation performed on or near the touchscreen. The touch sensor160A may transfer the detected touch operation to the applicationprocessor, to determine a type of a touch event, and provide a visualoutput related to the touch operation through the display 151. In someother embodiments, the touch sensor 160A may also be disposed on asurface of the electronic device at a location different from that ofthe display 151.

In some other embodiments, the processor no may alternatively includeone or more interfaces. For example, the interface may be the SIM cardinterface 152. For another example, the interface may be the USB port170. For still another example, the interface may be an inter-integratedcircuit (inter-integrated circuit, I2C) interface, an inter-integratedcircuit sound (inter-integrated circuit sound, I2S) interface, a pulsecode modulation (pulse code modulation, PCM) interface, a universalasynchronous receiver/transmitter (universal asynchronousreceiver/transmitter, UART) interface, a mobile industry processorinterface (mobile industry processor interface, MIPI), or ageneral-purpose input/output (general-purpose input/output, GPIO)interface. It can be understood that, in the embodiments of thisapplication, the processor no may be connected to different modules ofthe electronic device through the interface, so that the electronicdevice can implement different functions, for example, shooting andprocessing. It should be noted that an interface connection manner ofthe electronic device is not limited in the embodiments of thisapplication.

It should be understood that the hardware structure shown in FIG. 1 ismerely an example. The electronic device in this embodiment of thisapplication may have more or fewer components than those shown in thefigure, may combine two or more components, or may have differentcomponent configurations. Various components shown in the figure may beimplemented in hardware, software, or a combination of hardware andsoftware including one or more signal processing and/orapplication-specific integrated circuits.

The following describes the embodiments of this application in detailwith reference to the schematic structural diagram of the electronicdevice shown in FIG. 1.

Generally, the electronic device may support a plurality ofapplications, for example, one or more of the following applications:Camera, Gallery, Drawing, Presentation, Word Processing, Games, Phone,Video Player, Music Player, Email, Instant Messaging, Browser, Calendar,Clock, Payment, APP Gallery, Desktop, Health Management, and the like.

For example, FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram of a graphical user interfaceaccording to some embodiments of this application. The graphical userinterface is referred to as a user interface for short below. Theelectronic device displays the user interface by using the display 151.Specifically, the user interface may be a home screen, a leftmostscreen, a user interface of an application, or the like. For example,the home screen may be the user interface 200 shown in FIG. 2. As shownin the figure, the user interface 200 may include a status bar 201, atime and weather widget 202, a navigation bar 203 that can be hidden,and icons of a plurality of applications such as a camera icon 204. Thestatus bar 201 may include a name of an operator (China Mobile), amobile network (for example, 4G), time, and remaining power. In someother embodiments of this application, the status bar 201 may furtherinclude one or more of a Bluetooth icon, a Wi-Fi icon, a signal strengthicon, a screen lock icon, an icon of a connected device, and the like.The navigation bar 203 may include a back button (back button), a homebutton (home button), and a menu button (menu button). It may be furtherunderstood that, in some other embodiments, the user interface 200 mayfurther include a dock bar. The dock bar may include icons of commonlyused applications, such as an icon of Phone, an icon of Messages, anicon of Email, and an icon of Weather. It should be noted that the usermay set the icons of the commonly used applications in the dock baraccording to a user requirement.

In some other embodiments, as shown in FIG. 2, the electronic device mayinclude a home button 205. The home button 205 may be a physical buttonor a virtual button. The home button 205 is configured to: based on anoperation of the user, return to the home screen from a user interfacedisplayed on the display 151 such as a user interface of an applicationor a leftmost screen. This can help the user view the home screen at anytime and perform an operation on a control (for example, an icon) on thehome screen. The foregoing operation may be specifically that the userpresses the home button 205. In some other embodiments of thisapplication, the home button 205 may be further integrated with thefingerprint sensor 160B. Therefore, when the user presses the homebutton 205, the electronic device may collect a fingerprint to confirman identity of the user. In some other embodiments, the electronicdevice may not include the home button 205.

It should be understood that, in the following embodiment, afterdetecting a touch operation performed by a finger of the user (or astylus or the like) on an icon of an application, the touch sensor 160Aof the electronic device reports the touch operation to the processorno, so that the processor no starts the application in response to thetouch operation, and displays a user interface of the application on thedisplay 151. For example, after detecting a touch operation performed onthe camera icon 204, the touch sensor 160A reports the touch operationperformed on the camera icon 204 to the processor no, so that theprocessor no starts, in response to the touch operation, an applicationcorresponding to the camera icon 204 (which may be referred to as a“camera application” for short below), and displays a user interface ofthe camera application on the display 151, for example, a previewinterface, where the preview interface displays an image captured by thecamera 153. It should be noted that, in this embodiment of thisapplication, the camera 153 may be a front-facing camera, or may be arear-facing camera. For example, the camera 153 is a rear-facing camera.The camera 153 may be one rear-facing camera, or may include two or morerear-facing cameras. For example, if the camera 153 includes tworear-facing cameras, an image displayed on the preview interface isobtained by combining images captured by the two rear-facing cameras. Inaddition, it should be further noted that the electronic device mayfurther start the camera application in response to another operationsuch as a shortcut gesture operation (for example, a three-fingerscreenshot operation) or a voice instruction (for example, “open theCamera”), and display the user interface (for example, the previewinterface) of the camera application on the display 151. It should benoted that, when a screen is black, or a screen is locked, or a screenis unlocked and displays a user interface, the electronic device maystart the camera application in response to the shortcut gestureoperation, the voice instruction, or the like, and display the userinterface of the camera application on the display 151.

For example, the preview interface may be a user interface 300 shown inFIG. 3. As shown in the figure, the user interface 300 includes ashooting button 301 and a preview area 310. The preview area 310 is usedto display an image captured by the camera 153. In response to ashooting operation (for example, tapping, touching and holding, orpressing) performed by the user on the shooting button 301, theelectronic device may obtain one or more images captured by the camera153, in other words, store the one or more images in the internal memory121. Specifically, when the camera 153 includes two rear-facing cameras,in response to an operation performed by the user on the shooting button301, the electronic device may store images captured by the tworear-facing cameras; or may store one composite image, where thecomposite image is obtained by combining one or more images captured bythe two rear-facing cameras. It may be understood that, in theembodiments of this application, the shooting operation may bespecifically a burst shooting operation, for example, an operation thatthe user touches and holds or presses the shooting button 301. Inresponse to the burst shooting operation, the electronic device mayobtain, at a specific rate, a plurality of images captured by the camera153. The specific rate is a rate at which the camera 153 captures imagesduring burst shooting by the electronic device. For example, thespecific rate may be 6 frames per second, 8 frames per second, or 10frames per second. The specific rate may be set by the user, or maydefault settings in the electronic device. The burst shooting operationmay be a touch and hold operation, that is, a touch operation that thefinger of the user taps the shooting button 301 and holds down within apreset time. Alternatively, the burst shooting operation may be apressing operation, that is, a touch operation that the finger of theuser taps the shooting button 301 and holds down within a preset time.Alternatively, the burst shooting operation may be a pressing operation,that is, a touch operation that the finger of the user presses theshooting button 301 to a preset pressure threshold.

In some embodiments, the electronic device ends the burst shooting onlyafter the foregoing burst shooting operation ends. For example, theelectronic device ends the burst shooting when the foregoing touch andhold operation ends (for example, the finger of the user is lifted fromthe touchscreen).

It should be noted that, in the embodiments of this application, theelectronic device may further perform burst shooting in response toanother operation (for example, a shortcut gesture operation, a voiceinput, or an operation of pressing and holding the volume down button).An operation manner of triggering the electronic device to perform burstshooting is not limited in the embodiments of this application.

In some other embodiments of this application, the user interface 300may further include a button 302, a button 303, an area 304, or somefunction buttons (for example, a setting button 305 and a flash button).The button 302 is configured to control switching between a front-facingcamera and a rear-facing camera. The button 303 is configured to quicklyopen a gallery. The area 304 may include mode buttons such as PHOTO,VIDEO, PRO, PORTRAIT, APERTURE, NIGHT, or MORE. This helps the user usethe electronic device to obtain an expected image, view the obtainedimage, and the like, and this helps improve user experience.

In response to that the user manually taps the shooting button 301, itmay be very difficult for the electronic device to capture an imagecaptured by the camera 153 in some special scenarios. Therefore, toimprove a possibility or efficiency with which the electronic devicecaptures an image captured by the camera 153 in some special scenarios,the user usually performs burst shooting by using the electronic device.For example, when the electronic device captures an instant expression(for example, an instant expression of look-back) or an action capturedby the camera 153, a possibility of successful capturing may beincreased through burst shooting. For another example, the electronicdevice may capture, through burst shooting, an action or consecutiveactions (for example, postures at different moments in the air duringdiving) captured by the camera 153. For another example, in a scenarioof taking a group photo of a lot of people, the electronic device mayalso capture, through burst shooting, images captured by the camera 153.This helps the electronic device capture an image in which all people donot close the eyes.

However, the electronic device automatically obtains a plurality ofimages through burst shooting and stores the plurality of images, butnot all the plurality of images are expected by the user. For example,some images are unclear, overexposed or overdark, have color blocks,have color casts, or have no aesthetic effect. The user usually needs toperform screening on the plurality of obtained images, which isrelatively cumbersome and causes relatively poor user experience. Insome embodiments, the electronic device may automatically determine animage with relatively high image quality from the plurality of imagesobtained through burst shooting. For example, the image with relativelyhigh image quality may be an image with one or more parameters such asan image definition, a contrast, a brightness, a light uniformity, asaturation, and a detail richness that meet a preset condition. In thistechnical solution, although the electronic device can automaticallydetermine an image with relatively high image quality from a pluralityof images obtained through burst shooting, not all images withrelatively high image quality are satisfactory to the user.

In view of this, an embodiment of this application provides a method forselecting an image based on burst shooting, to automatically select animage satisfactory to a user during burst shooting by an electronicdevice. This helps improve quality of an image obtained during burstshooting by the electronic device.

With reference to the electronic device shown in FIG. 1, the followingdescribes in detail a method for selecting an image based on burstshooting in an embodiment of this application.

For example, FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a method for selectingan image based on burst shooting according to an embodiment of thisapplication. The method specifically includes the following steps.

Step 401: The electronic device starts a camera application, anddisplays a preview interface on the display 151, where the previewinterface is used to display an image captured by the camera 153.

It should be noted that, for a manner in which the electronic devicestarts the camera application and displays the preview interface on thedisplay 151, refer to the foregoing related descriptions. Details arenot described herein again.

Step 402: The electronic device detects a first operation used to startburst shooting. For example, the first operation may be a touch and holdoperation performed by a user on a shooting button, an operation ofpressing and holding a volume down button, a gesture operation ofquickly starting burst shooting, or a voice input operation for burstshooting.

Step 403: In response to the first operation, the electronic deviceobtains, at a specific rate, N images captured by the camera 153, whereN is a positive integer greater than or equal to 2.

Specifically, the electronic device obtains, at the specific rate, the Nimages captured by the camera 153 within first duration. For example,the first operation is the operation that the user touches and holds theshooting button, and the first duration is duration in which the usertouches and holds the shooting button. For another example, the firstoperation is the operation that the user presses and holds the volumedown button, and the first duration is duration in which the userpresses and holds the volume down button.

It should be noted that the specific rate may be preset in theelectronic device before delivery of the electronic device, or may becorrespondingly set by the user according to a user requirement. Forexample, the specific rate may be 6 frames per second, 8 frames persecond, or frames per second. For example, the specific rate is 6 framesper second. In response to the first operation, the electronic devicemay obtain six images captured by the camera 153 per second.

Step 404: The electronic device performs scene recognition based on Kimages that meet an image quality screening condition in the N images,to determine a shooting scene, where K is a positive integer less thanor equal to N. Specifically, a value of K may be preset in theelectronic device according to an actual situation. For example, K maybe a positive integer such as 2, 3, or 4.

In some embodiments, each time the electronic device obtains an imagecaptured by the camera 153, the electronic device determines whether theimage meets the image quality screening condition. When the image doesnot meet the image quality screening condition, the electronic devicediscards the image. This helps increase utilization of storage space ofthe electronic device. When the image meets the image screeningcondition, the electronic device caches the image. When there are Kcached images, the electronic device performs scene recognition based onthe K images, to determine a shooting scene. This helps improveefficiency of image selection by the electronic device. For example, ifN is 12 and K is 3, in response to the first operation, the electronicdevice obtains, at the specific rate, 12 images captured by the camera153. After obtaining the 1^(st) image captured by the camera 153, theelectronic device may determine whether the 1^(st) image meets the imagequality screening condition; and if determining that the 1^(st) imagemeets the image quality screening condition, the electronic devicecaches the 1^(st) image; or if determining that the 1^(st) image doesnot meet the image quality screening condition, the electronic devicediscards the 1^(st) image. Sequentially, each time the electronic deviceobtains the 2^(nd) image, the 3^(rd) image, or the i^(th) image, theelectronic device determines whether the image meets the image qualityscreening condition. After the electronic device obtains the imagecaptured by the camera 153, if there are three cached images, theelectronic device performs scene recognition based on the three cachedimages, to determine a shooting scene. The electronic device may furthercontinue to obtain the 6^(th) image, and then determine whether the6^(th) image meets the image quality screening condition, until theelectronic device obtains the 12^(th) image and burst shooting ends.After determining whether the 12^(th) image meets the image qualityscreening condition, the electronic device determines an image thatmeets the image quality screening condition in the 12 images captured bythe camera 153.

However, for example, the first operation is touching and holding theshooting button. When the electronic device performs burst shooting, aquantity of obtained images is related to a time length in which theuser touches and holds the shooting button. However, when the usertouches and holds the shooting button for a relatively short time, aquantity of images obtained by the electronic device at the specificrate may be relatively small, and even cannot meet a quantity of imagesthat need to be obtained by the electronic device through screening.Therefore, in some embodiments, when the quantity of images obtained bythe electronic device at the specific rate reaches a first threshold,the electronic device sequentially determines, in an image obtainingtime sequence, whether the obtained images meet the image qualityscreening condition. It should be noted that the first threshold in thisembodiment of this application is greater than or equal to the quantityof images that need to be finally obtained by the electronic devicethrough screening. For example, if the quantity of images that need tobe finally obtained by the electronic device through screening is M, thefirst threshold may be M, or may be a positive integer greater than M.Specifically, the first threshold may be preset in the electronicdevice, or may be determined by the electronic device according to apreset policy. This is not limited. For example, when M is 4, the firstthreshold may be 4, or may be a positive integer greater than 4, such as5 or 6. For example, the first threshold is 4 and K is 3. When obtainingfour images captured by the camera 153, the electronic device maydetermine, starting from the obtained 1^(st) image, whether the obtainedimage meets the image quality screening condition. After determiningthat the 5^(th) image meets the image quality screening condition, theelectronic device determines that there are three images that meet theimage quality screening condition, and performs scene recognition basedon the three images, to determine a shooting scene.

In some other embodiments, after obtaining the N images captured by thecamera, in other words, after burst shooting ends, the electronic devicemay further determine whether each of the N images meets the imagequality screening condition, then determines K of the N images that eachmeet the image quality screening condition, and performs scenerecognition based on the K images, to determine a shooting scene. Anexample in which N is 3 is used. For example, after burst shooting ends,the electronic device obtains 10 images captured by the camera 153, andthen the electronic device separately determines whether the 10 imagesmeet the image quality screening condition. If the electronic devicedetermines that six of the 10 images meet the image quality screeningcondition, the electronic device may randomly select three of the siximages that meet the image quality screening condition, to perform scenerecognition. In addition, the electronic device may further determine,from the six images that meet the image quality screening condition,three images that meet the image quality screening condition and thatare obtained in different time periods, to perform scene recognition.This helps improve scene recognition accuracy. For example, if the siximages that meet the image quality screening condition in the 10 imagesthat are captured by the camera 153 and that are obtained by theelectronic device are respectively the 1^(st) image, the 3^(rd) image,the 4^(th) image, the 6^(th) image, the 8^(th) image, and the 9^(th)image, the three images that meet the image quality screening conditionand that are obtained by the electronic device in different time periodsmay be the 1^(st) image, the 4^(th) image, and the 8^(th) image in the1^(st) image, the 3^(rd) image, the 4^(th) image, the 6^(th) image, the8^(th) image, and the 9^(th) image.

In some embodiments of this application, the image quality screeningcondition may include one or more of an image definition screeningcondition, an image brightness screening condition, an image exposurescreening condition, an image saturation screening condition, or animage contrast screening condition. For example, the image definitionscreening condition may be that an image definition is within athreshold range. The threshold range may be preset in the electronicdevice, or a policy for determining the threshold range may be preset inthe electronic device. In addition, in this embodiment of thisapplication, the image quality screening condition may further includeanother screening condition related to image quality, for example, acondition indicating whether there is a color block in an image or acondition indicating whether there is a color cast in an image. By usingthe foregoing image quality screening condition, the electronic devicemay preliminarily obtain an image with relatively high image quality(for example, a relatively clear and non-blurred image) from a pluralityof obtained images through screening. This facilitates subsequentprocessing.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5a , the image quality screening conditionincludes the image definition screening condition, the image contrastscreening condition, the image saturation screening condition, the imageexposure screening condition, and the like. The electronic device maydetermine whether each image obtained by the electronic device meets theimage quality screening condition such as the image definition screeningcondition, the image contrast screening condition, the image saturationscreening condition, and the image exposure screening condition. Whenthe image meets the image quality screening condition such as the imagedefinition screening condition, the image contrast screening condition,the image saturation screening condition, and the image exposurescreening condition, the electronic device caches the image that meetsthe image quality screening condition. Specifically, the electronicdevice may cache the image into a corresponding memory, for example, theinternal memory 121, an external memory, or another memory.

The image quality screening condition may be preset in the electronicdevice before delivery of the electronic device, or may be selectedaccording to an actual user requirement. For example, if the userselects a definition and an exposure, the image quality screeningcondition includes the image definition screening condition and theimage exposure screening condition.

The following describes in detail a specific manner in which theelectronic device determines a shooting scene.

For example, the electronic device may perform, by using an artificialintelligence (artificial intelligence, AI) technology, scene recognitionon the K images that meet the image quality screening condition. In someembodiments, the electronic device may perform, by using an NPU, scenerecognition on the K images that meet the image quality screeningcondition, to determine the shooting scene. For example, the NPU mayperform scene recognition based on a neural network algorithm.

In some embodiments, the electronic device performs scene recognitionbased on pre-configured scene recognition priority information and the Kimages that meet the image quality screening condition, to determine theshooting scene.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5b , the scene recognition priorityinformation that is preconfigured in the electronic device is used toindicate that a descending order of scene recognition priorities is: ajumping scene, a look-back scene, and another scene. The electronicdevice may perform, in a priority sequence of recognizing the jumpingscene, the look-back scene, and the another scene, scene recognitionbased on the K images that meet the image quality screening condition.Specifically, the electronic device first performs feature extraction onthe N images that meet the image quality screening condition, toidentify whether there is a person in the images. For example, theelectronic device may extract a grayscale feature, an edge feature, or atexture feature from the N images that meet the quality screeningcondition, to identify whether there is a person in the images. Ifidentifying that there is no person in the images, the electronic devicedetermines that the shooting scene is the another scene; or ifidentifying that there is a person in the images, the electronic deviceobtains a human body frame, and then determines, based on a framedifference algorithm, whether the shooting scene is the jumping scene.Specifically, the electronic device performs frame differencecalculation in an image obtaining time sequence to obtain a plurality ofcalculation results, and determines, based on the plurality of obtainedcalculation results, whether the shooting scene is the jumping scene.For example, N is 3. In this case, the electronic device obtains animage a, an image b, and an image c in the time sequence, and then theelectronic device performs frame difference calculation on the image a,the image b, and the image c. Specifically, a height of a human bodyframe in the image a is subtracted from a height of a human body framein the image b to obtain a first calculation result, the height of thehuman body frame in the image b is subtracted from a height of a humanbody frame in the image c to obtain a second calculation result, andwhether the shooting scene is the jumping scene is determined based onthe first calculation result and the second calculation result. When theelectronic device determines that the shooting scene is the jumpingscene, the scene recognition procedure ends. In addition, whendetermining that the shooting scene is not the jumping scene, theelectronic device may separately calculate face angles in the N imagesbased on a face detection algorithm, and then the electronic devicedetermines, based on the face angles in the N images, whether theshooting scene is the look-back scenario. When the electronic devicedetermines that the shooting scene is the look-back scene, the scenerecognition procedure ends. However, if the electronic device determinesthat the shooting scene is not the look-back scene, the electronicdevice determines that the shooting scene is the another scene.

In addition, when the scene recognition priority information that ispreconfigured in the electronic device is used to indicate that adescending order of scene recognition priorities is: a look-back scene,a jumping scene, and another scene, the electronic device may firstperform face detection based on a face detection algorithm, calculateface angles in the K images, and determine whether the shooting scene isthe look-back scene. When determining that the shooting scene is not thelook-back scene, the electronic device determines, based on a framedifference algorithm, whether the shooting scene is the jumping scene.When determining that the shooting scene is not the jumping scene, theelectronic device determines that the shooting scene is the anotherscene.

The foregoing is only a specific implementation of scene recognition inthis embodiment of this application. In addition, in some otherembodiments, a group photo scene, a scene of riding on a swing, a sceneof playing on a slide, and the like may be further preset in theelectronic device in this embodiment of this application.

Step 405: The electronic device determines, based on the shooting scenedetermined in step 404, M images from the N images that are captured bythe camera 153 and that are obtained by the electronic device at thespecific rate, where M is a positive integer greater than or equal to 1.For example, a value of M may be set according to a user requirement, ormay be set in the electronic device before delivery. For example, M is 4or 5. It should be noted that M is less than or equal to N.

In this embodiment of this application, the electronic device performs,based on a shooting scene, screening on images obtained through burstshooting. Therefore, compared with the prior art in which an image isselected based only on a parameter used to evaluate image quality suchas a definition or a contrast, this helps improve quality of an imageobtained by the electronic device through screening, thereby improvinguser satisfaction with an image that is automatically obtained throughscreening during burst shooting by the electronic device.

In some embodiments, the electronic device may determine an imagecontent screening condition based on the determined shooting scene, andthen the electronic device determines the M images that meet the imagecontent screening condition from the N images that are captured by thecamera 153 and that are obtained at the specific rate. This helpsimprove quality of an image obtained by the electronic device throughscreening, and make implementation of the electronic device easier.

For example, the electronic device determines, based on the shootingscene determined in step 404, the M images from Q images that meet theimage quality screening condition. The Q images that meet the imagequality screening condition are all images that meet the image qualityscreening condition in the N images. This helps further improve qualityof an image obtained by the electronic device through screening, andfurther helps improve efficiency of image screening by the electronicdevice. Herein, Q is a positive integer less than or equal to N andgreater than or equal to M. For example, the electronic devicedetermines the image content screening condition based on the shootingscene, and then the electronic device determines the M images that meetthe image content screening condition from the Q images that meet theimage quality screening condition.

It should be noted that, in some embodiments of this application,different shooting scenes may correspond to different image contentscreening conditions. The image content screening condition may includeone or more conditions. For example, for the jumping scene, the imagecontent screening condition includes at least one of the followingconditions: an image composition screening condition, an actionstretching screening condition, a smile screening condition, a conditionindicating whether the eye is closed, a jumping height screeningcondition, a jumping stage screening condition, and a landing stagescreening condition. In this way, the electronic device selects imageswith relatively good definitions and relatively natural actions andexpressions in different jumping stages. It should be further notedthat, for the jumping scene, priorities of conditions such as the imagecomposition screening condition, the action stretching screeningcondition, the smile screening condition, the condition indicatingwhether the eye is closed, the jumping height screening condition, thejumping stage screening condition, and the landing stage screeningcondition may be preset before delivery of the electronic device, or maybe set by the user according to a user requirement. In addition, in thisembodiment of this application, different image content screeningpolicies corresponding to different shooting scenes may be preset in theelectronic device before delivery of the electronic device, or may beset by the user according to the user requirement. This is not limited.

For the look-back scene, the image content screening condition mayinclude one or more conditions such as a condition of performingscreening on face twist angles generated after looking back, a smilescreening condition, a condition indicating whether the eye is closed,and an image composition screening condition. For the scene of playingon a slide and the scene of riding on a swing, a same image contentscreening condition may be used. For example, for the scene of playingon a slide and the scene of riding on a swing, the image contentscreening condition may include one or more conditions such as an imagecomposition screening condition and an action stretching screeningcondition. For a walking scene, the image content screening conditionmay include one or more conditions such as an image compositionscreening condition and a walking posture screening condition.

In addition, in some other embodiments, the electronic device mayfurther determine, based on the shooting scene and another algorithm,the M images from the Q images that meet the image quality screeningcondition.

For example, as shown in FIG. 5C, the image content screening conditionincludes a plurality of conditions such as a facial expression screeningcondition, an action stretching screening condition, and an imagecomposition screening condition. In this case, the electronic devicedetermines, from the Q images that meet the image quality screeningcondition, the M images that meet the plurality of conditions such asthe facial expression screening condition, the action stretchingscreening condition, and the image composition screening condition.

In some embodiments, the electronic device may automatically store the Mdetermined images in a gallery for ease of searching by the user. Theelectronic device may further delete an image in the Q images other thanthe M images. This helps increase utilization of storage space.

In some other embodiments, after determining the M images, theelectronic device may further display the M images on the display 151.For example, M is 4. As shown in FIG. 6a , the electronic devicedisplays a user interface 601 on the display 151, and the user interface601 includes four determined images. For example, in response to anoperation performed by the user on an image in the four images, theelectronic device may display the image on the display 151 in fullscreen. This helps the user preview or view an image determined by theelectronic device. Specifically, the operation performed by the user onan image in the four images may be an operation that the user touchesand holds the image in the four images, or may be an operation that theuser presses the image in the four images, or the like. For example, theelectronic device displays the user interface 601 on the display 151,and in response to an operation performed by the user on the upper-leftimage in the four images, the electronic device displays the upper-leftimage in full screen, which is a user interface 602 shown in FIG. 6b .In some embodiments of this application, when the electronic devicedisplays, in response to an operation performed by the user on an imagein the four images, the image in the M images on the display 151 in fullscreen, in response to the operation performed by the user on the imagedisplayed in full screen, the electronic device may further exitfull-screen display and return to the previous user interface. Forexample, as shown in FIG. 6b , when the electronic device displays theuser interface 602 on the display 151 in response to the operationperformed by the user on the upper-left image in the four imagesincluded in the user interface 601, where the user interface 602 is auser interface that displays the upper-left image in the four imagesincluded in the user interface 601 in full screen, in response to theoperation performed by the user on the user interface 602, theelectronic device may exit the user interface 602 and return to the userinterface 601.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 6b , when displaying the user interface601 on the display 151, the electronic device may further display a userinterface 603 on the display 151 in response to a second operation. Theuser interface 603 includes the four determined images, image selectionboxes 604, 605, 606, and 607, and buttons 608 and 609. When the userselects the image selection boxes 604, 605, and 606, in response to anoperation performed by the user on the button 608, the electronic devicemay store the upper-left image, the upper-right image, and thelower-left image in the user interface 603 into “Gallery”, and deletethe lower-right image. This helps improve interaction between the userand the electronic device. Specifically, the second operation isdifferent from an operation of triggering the electronic device todisplay an image in the four images in full screen. For example, thesecond operation may be a touch operation performed by the user on anyone of the four images. The electronic device may return to the userinterface 601 in response to an operation performed by the user on thebutton 609.

In addition, in some other embodiments of this application, theelectronic device may further perform down-sampling on an image that iscaptured by the camera 153 and that is obtained at a specific rate, andthen perform a subsequent step based on an image obtained throughdown-sampling. This helps reduce a data processing amount of theelectronic device and improve efficiency of image screening by theelectronic device.

For example, FIG. 7 is a schematic flowchart of a method for selectingan image based on burst shooting according to other embodiments of thisapplication. The method specifically includes the following steps.

Step 701: An electronic device starts a camera application, and displaysa preview interface on a display 151, where the preview interface isused to display an image captured by a camera 153.

Step 702: The electronic device detects a first operation used to startburst shooting.

Step 703: In response to the first operation, the electronic deviceobtains, at a specific rate, N images captured by the camera 153.

For specific implementations of step 701 to step 703, refer to theimplementations of step 401 to step 403.

Step 704: The electronic device separately performs down-sampling on theN images.

In some embodiments, each time the electronic device obtains, at thespecific rate, an image captured by the camera 153, the electronicdevice performs sampling on the image. In other words, the electronicdevice obtains, at the specific rate, the image captured by the camera153, and simultaneously performs down-sampling on the image. This helpsimprove down-sampling efficiency. When the electronic device obtains, atthe specific rate, the Nth image captured by the camera 153, in otherwords, after burst shooting ends, down-sampling performed by theelectronic device on the N images that are captured by the camera 153and that are obtained at the specific rate is basically completed.

However, for example, the first operation is touching and holding ashooting button. When the electronic device performs burst shooting, aquantity of obtained images is related to a time length in which a usertouches and holds the shooting button. However, when the user touchesand holds the shooting button for a relatively short time, a quantity ofimages obtained by the electronic device at the specific rate may berelatively small, and even cannot meet a quantity of images that need tobe obtained by the electronic device through screening. Therefore, insome embodiments, when the quantity of images obtained by the electronicdevice at the specific rate reaches a first threshold, the electronicdevice performs down-sampling on the images that are captured by thecamera 153 and that are obtained at the specific rate. It should benoted that the first threshold in this embodiment of this application isgreater than or equal to the quantity of images that need to be finallyobtained by the electronic device through screening. For example, if thequantity of images that need to be finally obtained by the electronicdevice through screening is M, the first threshold may be M, or may be apositive integer greater than M. Specifically, the first threshold maybe preset in the electronic device, or may be determined by theelectronic device according to a preset policy. This is not limited. Forexample, when M is 4, the first threshold may be 4, or may be a positiveinteger greater than 4, such as 5 or 6. For example, the first thresholdis 4 and K is 3. When obtaining four images captured by the camera 153,the electronic device may perform down-sampling starting from theobtained 1^(st) image.

In some other embodiments, after obtaining, at the specific rate, the Nimages captured by the camera 153, the electronic device may separatelyperform down-sampling on the N images.

The following uses an image as an example to specifically describe aprocessing manner in which the electronic device performs down-samplingin this embodiment of this application. For example, an image that iscaptured by the camera 153 and that is obtained by the electronic deviceat the specific rate is a first-resolution image, and the electronicdevice performs down-sampling on the first-resolution image to obtain asecond-resolution image, where a second resolution is less than a firstresolution.

The first resolution may be represented by multiplying a quantity ofpixels in a horizontal direction and a quantity of pixels in a verticaldirection. For example, the first resolution is 5120×3840, to bespecific, the quantity of pixels in the horizontal direction is 5120,and the quantity of pixels in the vertical direction is 3840.Specifically, the first resolution may be set by default, or may be setby the user. For example, the user may set the first resolution by usinga shooting setting interface. For example, the shooting settinginterface may be a user interface Boo shown in FIG. 8a . The userinterface 800 includes a button 801 for resolution setting, and mayfurther include other buttons such as “Location tag”, “RAW format”, and“Add watermark”. The electronic device may display an image resolutionsetting interface on the display 151 in response to a touch operationperformed by the user on the button ₅ 01. The image resolution settinginterface includes a plurality of resolution options supported by theelectronic device. For example, resolutions supported by the electronicdevice include 5120×3840, 3968×2976, 2976×2976, 3264×2448, 3968×1984,3264×1632, 2560×1080, and 1680×720. In this case, the image resolutionsetting interface may be a user interface 810 shown in FIG. 8b . Theuser may select one of the plurality of resolution options included inthe user interface 510 according to a user requirement. For example, asshown in FIG. 8a and FIG. 8b , if the resolution option selected by theuser is 3968×2976, the plurality of images that are captured by thecamera 153 and that are obtained by the electronic device at thespecific rate are 3968×2976 images, in other words, the first resolutionis 3968×2976. In some embodiments, when displaying the previewinterface, in response to a second operation performed by the user, thedisplay 151 of the electronic device may display a shooting settinginterface on the display 151. For example, the second operation may be aleft swiping operation, a right swiping operation, or an operationperformed on a setting button included in the preview interface. Inaddition, in this embodiment of this application, the display 151 mayfurther display the shooting setting interface in another manner. Thisis not limited.

In some embodiments, the second resolution may be preset in theelectronic device, and is a fixed and relatively small value and is lessthan the first resolution. For example, the second resolution may be setto 224×224. For example, when the first resolution is preset to3968×2976, the electronic device performs down-sampling processing on a3968×2976 image to obtain a 224×224 image. For another example, when thefirst resolution is preset to 2976×2976, the electronic device performsdown-sampling processing on a 2976×2976 image to obtain a 224×224 image.

In some other embodiments, an algorithm for determining the secondresolution is preset in the electronic device. For example, theelectronic device determines the second resolution based on the firstresolution. For example, when the first resolution is 5120×3840 or3968×2976, the electronic device determines that the second resolutionis 160×120. For another example, when the first resolution is 2976×2976,the electronic device determines that the second resolution is 224×224.

The foregoing is merely two specific implementations of presetting thesecond resolution. In this application, the second resolution mayalternatively be preset in another manner. This is not limited.

Step 705: The electronic device performs scene recognition based on Kimages that meet an image quality screening condition in N imagesobtained through down-sampling, to determine a shooting scene, where Kis a positive integer less than N. Specifically, a value of M may bepreset in the electronic device according to an actual situation. Forexample, K may be a positive integer such as 2, 3, or 4.

Specifically, in step 705, each time the electronic device obtains animage through down-sampling, the electronic device may determine whetherthe image obtained through down-sampling meets the image qualityscreening condition. When the image obtained through down-sampling meetsthe image quality screening condition, the electronic device caches theimage obtained through down-sampling; otherwise, discards the imageobtained through down-sampling. When caching the K images, theelectronic device may perform scene recognition to determine theshooting scene.

In other words, in this embodiment of this application, the electronicdevice may obtain, at the specific rate, an image captured by the camera153, simultaneously perform down-sampling on the obtained image capturedby the camera 153, and then determine whether an image obtained throughdown-sampling meets the image quality screening condition. Whendetermining that there are K images that meet the image qualityscreening condition, the electronic device may further perform scenerecognition. This helps improve image processing efficiency.

In addition, in some other embodiments of this application, afterseparately determining whether the N images obtained throughdown-sampling meet the image quality screening condition, the electronicdevice may further determine the K images from all images that meet theimage quality screening condition in the N images obtained throughdown-sampling, to perform scene recognition and determine the shootingscene.

It should be noted that, for a specific implementation of the imagequality screening condition and a specific implementation of performingscene recognition based on the K images in step 705, refer to therelated implementations in step 404 in FIG. 4. Details are not describedherein again.

Step 706: The electronic device determines, based on the shooting scene,M images from the N images that are captured by the camera 153 and thatare obtained at the specific rate, where M is a positive integer greaterthan or equal to 1. For example, a value of M may be set according to auser requirement, or may be set in the electronic device beforedelivery. For example, M is 4 or 5. It should be noted that M is lessthan or equal to N.

Specifically, for a specific implementation in which the electronicdevice determines, based on the shooting scene, the M images from the Nimages that are captured by the camera 153 and that are obtained at thespecific rate in step 706, refer to the related implementation in step405. Details are not described herein again.

It should be noted that the M images determined in step 706 are M imagesobtained through down-sampling, the M images are M second-resolutionimages, and the M second-resolution images are originally Mfirst-resolution images before down-sampling is performed.

In some other embodiments, after determining the M second-resolutionimages, the electronic device may further display the Msecond-resolution images on the display 151. For example, in response toan operation performed by the user on one of the M second-resolutionimages, the electronic device may display, on the display 151 in fullscreen, a first-resolution image corresponding to the second-resolutionimage. This helps the user view or preview the image. It should be notedthat, for a specific implementation in which the user performs anoperation on one of the M second-resolution images, refer to the mannerin which the user performs an operation on one of the four images in themethod for selecting an image based on burst shooting shown in FIG. 4.Details are not described herein again. In some embodiments, in responseto the operation that the user performs an operation on one of the Msecond-resolution images, the electronic device may determine, based onan identifier of the second-resolution image, a first-resolution imagecorresponding to the identifier, and display, on the display 151 in fullscreen, the first-resolution image corresponding to the identifier. Theidentifier may be a frame number, a number, a character, or the like.This is not limited. For example, when obtaining a first-resolutionimage captured by the camera 153, the electronic device allocates anidentifier to the first-resolution image. Images correspond to differentidentifiers. When the electronic device performs down-sampling on afirst-resolution image corresponding to an identifier to obtain asecond-resolution image, an identifier of the second-resolution image isthe same as that of the first-resolution image obtained beforedown-sampling is performed. Therefore, after determining the Msecond-resolution images, the electronic device may determine, based onidentifiers of the second-resolution images, first-resolution imagescorresponding to the second-resolution images.

In response to a touch operation performed by the user on thefirst-resolution image displayed in full screen, the electronic devicemay further return to a user interface of displaying the Msecond-resolution images from a user interface of displaying thefirst-resolution image in full screen, for ease of viewing by the user.This helps improve interaction between a user and a terminal.

In some other embodiments, when displaying the M second-resolutionimages on the display 151, the electronic device may store, in “Gallery”in response to the second operation, a first-resolution imagecorresponding to an image selected by the user from the Msecond-resolution images, and delete a first-resolution imagecorresponding to an unselected image. In some embodiments, theelectronic device may further delete all second-resolution images. Thishelps increase utilization of storage space of the electronic device.

In addition, after determining the M second-resolution images in step708, the electronic device may further find the first-resolution imagesrespectively corresponding to the M second-resolution images, andautomatically store the M first-resolution images in the gallery, forease of viewing by the user. For example, the electronic device mayrespectively find, based on the identifiers of the M second-resolutionimages, the first-resolution images corresponding to the Msecond-resolution images.

The electronic device may delete an image other than the Mfirst-resolution images. This helps increase utilization of storagespace.

In some other embodiments of this application, when detecting that theuser enables a function of performing intelligent image screening basedon burst shooting, the electronic device may perform the method forselecting an image based on burst shooting in this embodiment of thisapplication. This helps implement interaction with the user. Forexample, the electronic device may add, to the shooting settinginterface, a button for controlling enabling or disabling of thefunction of performing intelligent image screening based on burstshooting, and the user may operate the button to enable or disable thefunction of performing intelligent image screening based on burstshooting. For example, the shooting setting interface may be a userinterface 900 shown in FIG. 9. The user interface 900 includes a button901. After the button 901 is enabled, when performing burst shooting,the electronic device may automatically perform the method for selectingan image based on burst shooting in this embodiment of this application.Alternatively, when a quantity of images that are captured by the camera153 and that are obtained at the specific rate is greater than athreshold after burst shooting is enabled, the electronic device mayautomatically perform the method for selecting an image based on burstshooting in this embodiment of this application.

The foregoing embodiments may be used separately, or may be used incombination to achieve different technical effects.

In the embodiments provided in this application, the methods provided inthe embodiments of this application are described from the perspectivein which the electronic device is used as an execution body. Toimplement functions in the methods provided in the embodiments of thisapplication, the electronic device may include a hardware structureand/or a software module, to implement the functions in a form of thehardware structure, the software module, or a combination of thehardware structure and the software module. Whether a specific functionin the foregoing functions is performed by the hardware structure, thesoftware module, or the combination of the hardware structure and thesoftware module depends on particular applications and designconstraints of the technical solutions.

As shown in FIG. 10, an embodiment of this application discloses anelectronic device 1000. The electronic device 1000 may include one ormore processors 1001 and a memory 1002. In some embodiments, theforegoing components may be connected through one or more communicationsbuses. In addition, the foregoing components in this embodiment of thisapplication may also be connected in another manner.

The memory 1002 stores one or more computer programs. The one or morecomputer programs include instructions. The processor 1001 invokes theinstructions stored in the memory 1002, so that the electronic device1000 is enabled to perform the method for selecting an image based onburst shooting shown in FIG. 4 or FIG. 7 in the embodiment of thisapplication.

In this embodiment of this application, the processor 1001 may be ageneral-purpose processor, a digital signal processor, anapplication-specific integrated circuit, a field programmable gate arrayor another programmable logic device, a discrete gate or a transistorlogic device, or a discrete hardware component, and may implement orperform the methods, the steps, and logical block diagrams disclosed inthe embodiments of this application. The general-purpose processor maybe a microprocessor, any conventional processor, or the like. The stepsof the methods disclosed with reference to the embodiments of thisapplication may be directly performed and completed by a hardwareprocessor, or may be performed and completed by a combination ofhardware in the processor and a software module. The software module maybe located in the memory 1002, and the processor 1001 reads programinstructions in the memory 1002 and completes the steps in the foregoingmethods in combination with hardware of the processor 1001.

In this embodiment of this application, the memory 1002 may be anonvolatile memory, such as a hard disk drive (hard disk drive, HDD) ora solid-state drive (solid-state drive, SSD), or may be a volatilememory (volatile memory), such as a random access memory (random-accessmemory, RAM). The memory may alternatively be any other medium that canbe configured to carry or store expected program code in a form ofinstructions or a data structure and that can be accessible by acomputer. This is not limited thereto. The memory in this embodiment ofthis application may alternatively be a circuit or any other apparatusthat can implement a storage function, and is configured to storeinstructions and/or data.

In some embodiments, the electronic device 1000 may display an image byusing an externally connected display, and capture an image by using anexternally connected camera.

In some other embodiments, the electronic device 1000 in this embodimentof this application further includes a display 1003 and a camera 1004.For example, the display 1003 is configured to display an image, and thecamera 1004 is configured to capture an image.

It may be clearly understood by a person skilled in the art that, forthe purpose of convenient and brief description, for detailed workingprocesses of the foregoing system, apparatus, and unit, refer tocorresponding processes in the foregoing method embodiments, and detailsare not described herein again.

In the several embodiments provided in this application, it should beunderstood that the disclosed system, apparatus, and method may beimplemented in other manners. For example, the described apparatusembodiment is merely an example. For example, the unit division ismerely logical function division and may be other division during actualimplementation. For example, a plurality of units or components may becombined or integrated into another system, or some features may beignored or not performed. In addition, the displayed or discussed mutualcouplings or direct couplings or communication connections may beimplemented through some interfaces. The indirect couplings orcommunication connections between the apparatuses or units may beimplemented in electrical, mechanical, or other forms.

The units described as separate parts may or may not be physicallyseparate, and parts displayed as units may or may not be physical units,in other words, may be located at one position, or may be distributed ona plurality of network units. Some or all of the units may be selectedaccording to an actual requirement to achieve an objective of thesolutions of the embodiments.

In addition, function units in the embodiments of this application maybe integrated into one processing unit, or each of the units may existalone physically, or two or more units are integrated into one unit.

According to the context, the term “when” used in the foregoingembodiments may be interpreted as a meaning of “if”, “after”, “inresponse to determining”, or “in response to detecting”. Similarly,according to the context, the phrase “when it is determined that” or “if(a stated condition or event) is detected” may be interpreted as ameaning of “when it is determined that”, or “in response todetermining”, or “when (a stated condition or event) is detected”, or“in response to detecting (a stated condition or event)”.

All or some of the foregoing embodiments may be implemented by software,hardware, firmware, or any combination thereof. When the software isused to implement the embodiments, the embodiments may be implementedcompletely or partially in a form of a computer program product. Thecomputer program product includes one or more computer instructions.When the computer program instructions are loaded and executed on acomputer, all or some of the procedures or the functions according tothe embodiments of the present invention are generated. The computer maybe a general-purpose computer, a special-purpose computer, a computernetwork, or another programmable apparatus. The computer instructionsmay be stored in a computer-readable storage medium or may betransmitted from one computer-readable storage medium to anothercomputer-readable storage medium. For example, the computer instructionsmay be transmitted from one website, computer, server, or data center toanother website, computer, server, or data center in a wired (forexample, a coaxial cable, an optical fiber, or a digital subscriber line(DSL)) or wireless (for example, infrared, radio, or microwave) manner.The computer-readable storage medium may be any usable medium accessibleby a computer, or a data storage device, such as a server or a datacenter, integrating one or more usable media. The usable medium may be amagnetic medium (for example, a floppy disk, a hard disk, or a magnetictape), an optical medium (for example, a DVD), a semiconductor medium(for example, a solid-state drive Solid State Disk (SSD)), or the like.

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 28. A method comprising: displaying, by an electronicdevice comprising a camera and a display, a preview interface on thedisplay, wherein the preview interface is used to display an imagecaptured by the camera; detecting, by the electronic device, a firstoperation of a user that starts burst shooting using the camera; inresponse to the first operation, obtaining, by the electronic device, Nimages captured by the camera; performing, by the electronic device,scene recognition based on K images that meet an image quality screeningcondition in the N images, to determine a shooting scene; determining,by the electronic device, M images from the N images based on theshooting scene, wherein N is greater than or equal to K, N is greaterthan or equal to M, and N, K and M are positive integers greater than 1;and displaying, by the electronic device, the M images on the display.29. The method according to claim 28, wherein the determining, by theelectronic device, the M images from the N images based on the shootingscene comprises: determining, by the electronic device, an image contentscreening condition based on the shooting scene; and determining, by theelectronic device, the M images that meet the image content screeningcondition from the N images.
 30. The method according to claim 29,wherein the determining, by the electronic device, the M images thatmeet the image content screening condition from the N images comprises:determining, by the electronic device, the M images that meet the imagecontent screening condition from Q images, wherein the Q images are allimages that meet the image quality screening condition in the N images,M≤Q≤N, and Q is a positive integer.
 31. The method according to claim28, wherein after the displaying, by the electronic device, the M imageson the display, the method further comprises: in response to anoperation that the user selects at least one image from the M images,storing, by the electronic device, the at least one image.
 32. Themethod according to claim 28, wherein the performing, by the electronicdevice, the scene recognition based on the K images that meet the imagequality screening condition in the N images, to determine the shootingscene comprises: performing, by the electronic device, the scenerecognition based on preset scene recognition priority information andthe K images that meet the image quality screening condition in the Nimages, to determine the shooting scene.
 33. The method according toclaim 32, wherein the preset scene recognition priority informationindicates that a descending order of scene recognition priorities is: ajumping scene, a look-back scene, and another scene.
 34. The methodaccording to claim 28, wherein the performing, by the electronic device,the scene recognition based on the K images that meet the image qualityscreening condition in the N images, to determine the shooting scenecomprises: each time the electronic device obtains an image captured bythe camera in the burst shooting, determining, the electronic device,whether the image captured by the camera meets the image qualityscreening condition; and when the image meets the image qualityscreening condition, caching, by the electronic device, the image; orwhen the image does not meet the image quality screening condition,deleting, by the electronic device, the image; and determining, by theelectronic device, that there are K cached images that meet the imagequality screening condition, and performing the scene recognition basedon the K cached images that meet the image quality screening condition,to determine the shooting scene.
 35. The method according to claim 28,wherein the image quality screening condition comprises one or more ofan image definition screening condition, an image contrast screeningcondition, an image brightness screening condition, an image exposurescreening condition, an image saturation screening condition, acondition indicating whether there is a color block in an image, or acondition indicating whether there is a color cast in an image.
 36. Amethod comprising: displaying, by an electronic device comprising acamera and a display, a preview interface on the display, wherein thepreview interface is used to display an image captured by the camera;detecting, by the electronic device, a first operation of a user thatstart burst shooting using the camera; in response to the firstoperation, obtaining, by the electronic device, N first-resolutionimages captured by the camera, the N first-resolution images having afirst resolution; separately performing, by the electronic device,down-sampling on the N first-resolution images to obtain Nsecond-resolution images having a second resolution; performing, by theelectronic device, scene recognition based on K second-resolution imagesthat meet an image quality screening condition in the Nsecond-resolution images, to determine a shooting scene; determining, bythe electronic device, M second-resolution images from the Nsecond-resolution images based on the shooting scene, wherein N isgreater than or equal to K, N is greater than or equal to M, and N, Kand M are positive integers greater than 1; and displaying, by theelectronic device, the M second-resolution images on the display.
 37. Anelectronic device comprising: a display; a camera; one or moreprocessors; and a non-transitory memory, wherein the memory stores oneor more computer programs, the one or more computer programs compriseinstructions, and when the instructions are executed by the electronicdevice, the electronic device is caused to perform: displaying a previewinterface on the display, wherein the preview interface is used todisplay an image captured by the camera; detecting a first operation ofa user that starts burst shooting using the camera; in response to thefirst operation, obtaining N images captured by the camera; performingscene recognition based on K images that meet an image quality screeningcondition in the N images, to determine a shooting scene; determining Mimages from the N images based on the shooting scene, wherein N isgreater than or equal to K, N is greater than or equal to M, and N, Kand M are positive integers greater than 1; and displaying, by theelectronic device, the M images on the display.
 38. The electronicdevice according to claim 37, wherein the determining the M images fromthe N images based on the shooting scene comprises: determining an imagecontent screening condition based on the shooting scene; and determiningthe M images that meet the image content screening condition from the Nimages.
 39. The electronic device according to claim 38, wherein thedetermining the M images that meet the image content screening conditionfrom the N images comprises: determining the M images that meet theimage content screening condition from Q images, wherein the Q imagesare all images that meet the image quality screening condition in the Nimages, M≤Q≤N, and Q is a positive integer.
 40. The electronic deviceaccording to claim 37, wherein when the instructions are executed by theelectronic device, after determining the M images, the electronic deviceis caused to further perform: automatically storing the M images, anddeleting an image in the N images other than the M images.
 41. Theelectronic device according to claim 37, wherein when the instructionsare executed by the electronic device, after determining the M images,the electronic device is caused to further perform: in response to asecond operation performed by the user on a first image in the M images,displaying the first image on the display in full screen.
 42. Theelectronic device according to claim 41, wherein when the instructionsare executed by the electronic device, after displaying the first imageon the display in full screen, the electronic device is caused tofurther perform: in response to a third operation performed by the useron the first image, exiting full-screen display of the first image, anddisplaying the M images on the display.
 43. The electronic deviceaccording to claim 41, wherein when the instructions are executed by theelectronic device, after displaying the first image on the display infull screen, the electronic device is caused to further perform: inresponse to an operation that the user selects at least one image fromthe M images, storing the at least one image.
 44. The electronic deviceaccording to claim 37, wherein the performing the scene recognitionbased on the K images that meet the image quality screening condition inthe N images, to determine the shooting scene comprises: performing thescene recognition based on preset scene recognition priority informationand the K images that meet the image quality screening condition in theN images, to determine the shooting scene.
 45. The electronic deviceaccording to claim 44, wherein the preset scene recognition priorityinformation indicates that a descending order of scene recognitionpriorities is: a jumping scene, a look-back scene, and another scene.46. The electronic device according to claim 37, wherein the performingthe scene recognition based on the K images that meet the image qualityscreening condition in the N images, to determine the shooting scenecomprises: each time the electronic device obtains an image captured bythe camera in the burst shooting, determining whether the image capturedby the camera meets the image quality screening condition; and when theimage meets the image quality screening condition, caching the image; orwhen the image does not meet the image quality screening condition,deleting the image; and determining that there are K cached images thatmeet the image quality screening condition, and performing the scenerecognition based on the K cached images that meet the image qualityscreening condition, to determine the shooting scene.
 47. The electronicdevice according to claim 37, wherein the image quality screeningcondition comprises one or more of an image definition screeningcondition, an image contrast screening condition, an image brightnessscreening condition, an image exposure screening condition, an imagesaturation screening condition, a condition indicating whether there isa color block in an image, or a condition indicating whether there is acolor cast in an image.